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Un Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 21th, 1975 Doug. Moffatt takes convincing win Doug Moftatt Region debating new day care charges Regional council will attempt attempt to thrash out a new scale of charges at the region's day care centres when it meets again in two weeks. Council got nowhere Wednesday Wednesday when social services committee recommended a 60 per cent hike in rates to take effect Oct. 15. The committee proposed an increase in the daily charge '-om the current $5 to $8 for ' day care. Half day service . ,,p. lunch would be increased to $4.75 while half day care would be set at $4. Coun. George Ashe (Pickering) (Pickering) called the increase "totally "totally unjustified" and said he couldn't understand the need for such a large raise in rates when private day care centres can operate more economically. economically. Council was told the actual cost per day for each child enrolled in regional day care centres is slightly more than $10. and the increase was an 1 tempt to recover operating ts. suivit; will pay Coun. Jim Pottieary (Oshawa-) (Oshawa-) explained that those who can afford to pay for day care services will do so, He said there is no reason why anyone who can afford to pay for day care should be subsidized by taxpayers in Durham, but added that those unable to pay would receive assistance. The proposed increase was also criticized by Oshawa Coun. Margaret Shaw who said the hike would encourage private day care operators in the region to follow suit. The region will issue more than $8.1 million worth of debentures following approval approval by regional council Wednesday. Wednesday. The debentures will be issued in one to 20 year certificates with interest to a maximum of 10% per cent. The debenture issue will finance numerous projects approved in the region's 1975 budgets. New Democrat Doug Mol fall took a convincing win at the polls on Thursday of Iasi week in Durham Past willi a 2,042 edge over Dr Charles Mellveen, Progressive Con | servalive candidate. Moffat I polled a total of 12,824 votes willi Mellveen polling 10,782 and Kirk Entwisle for the i liberals placing third with I 6,697 voles and Social Credit Ray Peacock 258 votes, Moffatt held forth with a majority in all areas having strength even in the Oshawa area. In the six polls held in Orono Moffatt took 601 votes with Mellveen receiving 295, Entwisle 257 and Beaeock 6. The new member to the legislature was taken off staff at the Orono Public School as of last Thursday, where he has been principal of the school. He will sit in the legislature with two fellow Democrats from the Oshawa area, Mike Breaugh, Oshawa riding and Chas. Godfrey representing Durham West. Peterborough also sends an NDP member Ed Broadbent, federal leader of the party. The liberals coming off third best in the election now have a long siring of defeats at the polls in this area. Moffatt credits his win to hard work by supporters of life parly and the local NDP organization. He has pointed mil that last May the local organization had a group of twenty workers who "worked like mad to pul it all together". At the time of calling the election the group numbered some ninety and two weeks before the election I here were some five hundred working for the party in the Durham East area. There were some 43,500 voters eligible to vote in Durham East with 30,561 casting their ballot, an exact 70 percent vote compared to the provincial average of 62 percent. On election night both Dr. Mellveen and Kirk Entwisle congratulated the successful candidate. Dr. Mellveen made no decision on whether he would run again while Kirk Entwisle said he probably would if the liberals choose him as their cnadidate. ft was Moffatt's third try in the area for a set on the provincial legislature. Airport a must for GM President of General Motors Motors of Canada, David Collier has made a pitch to continue air frieght service into Oshawa. Oshawa. In a letter to the Region the president has pointed out importance of the airport facilities for the operation of General Motors. Area residents have been seeking the closing of the airport or at least the re-loca- lion. Their compaints are over the noise factor as the airport becomes increasingly more active. Mr. Collier would like to see the present airport maintained maintained or expanded or relocated to a suitable location. Gas explosion destroys rig Da mage has been estimated as high as $100,000 accused by a natural gas «fire in the Village of Newcastle Sunday afternoon. The fire was on the same property where a house was previously destroyed by fire this year, on May 19th. At the time of the fire a well drillingrig was down some 126 feet below the surface of the ground where it apparently struck a natural gas pocket, resulting in an explosion. The fire was reported at 3:45 with firemen being on duty until 6:30 p.m. It happened on property owned by Mr. Peter Giroux who had ( Continued on page 4 ) Art show celebrates regiment birthday V vf ; . p imppentngs... BACK IN THE NEWS The Rice Construction Co. proposal for close to iooo mobile homes along the shores of Lake Ontario is again back in the news. This all came about when the majority of council gave their approval to the scheme and further moved that the Interim plan be amended to make provision for the Mobile Home Park. This Thursday a group of local citizens have organized a meeting to be held in the Pines Senior School to discuss the proposal and it would appear that most of those concerned are in opposition to the development. Councillor Cowman has come in for some criticism with suggestions that she should remain in the affairs of her own community. It would be an unfortunate condition if all councillors on council were only concerned about those things that exist or happen in their community. Council members, no matter from what area in the municipality, mustvoice their opinions and take their stands in all matters in the community. To do otherwise would only be turning the clock back into history to narrow, parochial government. This we can well do without at this stage. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery will celebrate the 109th birthday of the Ontario Regiment by showing nearly 50 paintings of the Regiment in World War Two. This special exhibition will open Tuesday, September 23 at 8 p.m. at the Gallery. Brigadier General Reginald W. Lewis, CD, will officiate arid the Regimental band will be in attendance. The exhibition exhibition will be on display until October 29. Among the works on view, through the co-operation of the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, will be paintings by Charles F. Comfort, T. R. MacDonald, Will Ogilvie, George George C. Tinning, and La wren P. Harris. Other paintings included in this exhibit are by Arnold Hodgkins of Leask- dale, Ontario. The Ontario Regiment served served in Italy as part of the 1st Canadian Corps during the Italian Campaign of 1943-44. During the attack on Casa Berardi under now Brigadier General Paul Triquit, VC, "C" Company, Royal 22th Regiment-The famous "Van Doos", support was given by Squandron, the Ontario (Continued on page 4) Confident of win two days before vote ODDS AND ENDS It appears that the Senior Public School teachers under the leadership of John Witheridge have a running duel going with the all-to-eager Pine Ridge Kinsmen. It all started at the tug-o-war at the Orono fair when the Kinsmen out-muscled the Pines teachers. On Tuesday night it was to the softball diamond for the two groups and again the Kinsmen came out r 'op 9-5. The exuberant Kinsmen now suggest that the hers try either Ping Pong or Tiddlewinks. Scugog council on Monday by a vote of 5-2 voted in favour of locating the maximum security prison in the Township. The issue has been a big one in the municipality with council first turning the prison down. It is now up to the Canadian Penitentiray Service to decide whether to locate in Scugog or Uxbridge. In speaking with Doug Moffatt two days prior to 'the election he said they, the NDP'.s, were confident of a win and that they would get good support out of the north Oshawa area. At first this area was doubtful but as the campaign continued increased increased support was evident. Ed Broadbent, some weeks before the election, pointed out that Moffatt would take the north Oshawa area. He said this area was in the Oshawa federal riding which he represented and he was sure there was NDP support for Moffatt. THE DAY AFTER The election was mil over for Doug Moffatt on Thursday night. Early Friday morning he was hack at one of the GM gates thanking workers for their support. One worker at a previous meeting at the gate had said to the successful candidate on shaking his hand, "we won't see you again if you are elected. It was not die case the two meet again Ihe morning after, much to tiie surprise of the GM worker. Moffatt also visited Curvply on the same morning In express his thanks. the longest day of THE CAMPAIGN Doug Moffatt found Thursday, Thursday, election day, to be the longest day of the campaign. He relates that he was continuing his work in the election until mid afternoon when soaked through he returned home to sit quitely listening to music. "The butterflies were there" he said. Region presents stage 3 proposals ^ The Region of Durham Planning Committee on Monday Monday evening in the Bowrnan- ville High School presented their stage three of the Regional planning process. This stage outlined population expansions in the various communities, the region and specifically in the Town of Newcastle. The committee also outlined the three major areas for development in the Town, being Bowmanville, Courtice and Newcastle Village: Village: There are five stages to creating the official plan for the Region with the fourth stage, a refinement, or the third, to be presented later this year. The fifth and final stage, the creation of the Official plan, is to be completed completed early in 1976. It was pointed out at the meeting that the Region hast selected a population for the Region of 660,000 in the year 2000. Presently the population is in the neighbourhood oi 250,000. They also stated that the major development will be along the lakefront being the most economical Rural development will be restrict ed to areas as Port Perry etc (Continued page 6) World plowing match now until end of week On Tuesday of this week the International and World Plowing Match became a reality north-west of Oshawa and is expected to draw from 150,000 to 200,000 visitors by the end of the week. The Match runs every day from Tuesday to and including Saturday. Besides the plowing match itself there exists one of the largest tent cities ever constructed constructed in Canada. It covers some one hundred acres on the 1000 acre plowing match site. The plowing match has been termed a great place to take the family. Not only will there be over 300 exhibits of farm machinery, new cars -but also special attractions in craft shows, steam power exhibits, historic and antique displays, ladies' programs, bands and parades. There are also many plowing plowing competitions some including including warden's and regional chairmen as well as municipal municipal mayors and reeves. The match will also provide an opportunity to see an outstanding outstanding exhibit of livestock with the best of each breed being on exhibit. There has been years of planning in the promotion of the International and World Plowing Match which carries on for the remainder of this week right here in the Region of Durham, just a few miles from Orono.